do you know the difference?

Your sponsor
has the wisdom
to
know
the difference

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You will notice
sayings like

One Day At A Time

Be A Hope Dealer
Not a Dope Dealer

and

Easy Does It

hanging on the walls
of a traditional 12-step
meeting room

At first
they all seemed
to me like
just a bunch of
happy horse shit

But a couple of
those things
hanging on the walls
eventually
stuck with me

Like the . . .

Serenity Prayer

God

grant me the

Serenity

to accept
the things
I can not
change

Courage

to change
the things
I can

and

Wisdom

to know
the difference

accept
to acknowledge patiently without opposition or resistance
I learned to accept the things I can not change.

change
the process of becoming different
He realized that he needed to change his beliefs if he was going to stay off drugs.

courage – 1
the quality of being confident, not afraid or easily intimidated, but without being
incautious or inconsiderate
It takes a lot of courage to be a successful recovering addict.
He had the courage to GetAFuckingSponsor.

courage – 2
the ability to overcome one’s fear; do or live things which one finds frightening
He finally had the courage to tell her how he felt.
It takes a lot of courage to take that first step.
He has the courage to CallHisFuckingSponsor.

courage – 3
the ability to maintain one’s will or intent despite either the experience of fear, frailty or
frustration; or the occurrence of adversity, difficulty, defeat or reversal
I hope you live a life you are proud of. If you find that you are not, I hope you have the
courage to start all over again.
It takes courage to get clean; it takes more than courage to stay clean.
He has the courage to KeepHisFuckingSponsor.

difference
significant change in or effect on a situation or state
It just won’t make much difference to me.
It just won’t make much of a difference to anyone.
What’s the difference?
My sponsor has the wisdom to know the difference.

god
a supernatural, typically immortal, being with superior powers, to which personhood is
attributed; spirituality
The most frequently used name for the Islamic god is Allah.

God
the single deity of various monotheistic religions, especially the deity of Judaism,
Christianity and Islam
Dawn believes in God, but Willow believes in multiple gods and goddesses.

serenity
calmness, peacefulness; a lack of agitation or disturbance
After completing the traditional 12 Steps, she lives a life of serenity.

wisdom
an element of personal character that enables one to distinguish the wise from the unwise
She had the wisdom to know the difference between right behavior and wrong behavior, while he had no such wisdom.

No matter
how hard you try

it’s impossible to
become
a
successful recovering addict

unless you
GetAFuckingSponsor
who has the

WISDOM
TO
KNOW
THE DIFFERENCE

And that’s
The Truth


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